am I missing something here...I never said this was the same as the map case in question..i,m using this as an example...for those that think that mrdave,s is,nt a map case...and as for the "brass case"...which looks awfully like copper to me...this one in my opinion was,nt spun as you put it.....
I think you enjoy missing things.
And I never said ….. that you said …. that it was the map case in question.
My very 1st sentence in Post #28
specifically stated otherwise.
Only a blind person would think that the two different pictures were of the same object that is in two different locations at the same time.
And Mrdave’s pictures implies that both the tube and its cap are
one (1) piece of metal each.
Also quite
thin metal, too. Which implies they were not cast (molded).
And ps, the three (3) piece metal insert appears to me to have been “
spot-welded” together.
So please enlighten me as to your expert opinion as to how those items were manufactured
circa 1860.
I assess the item that is posted based on the “picture” of the item. If I am unfamiliar with the item then I am only capable of offering “logical” guesses as to what it might be or not be.
Every day is a “good day” …… if I learn something new. And I am not prejudice as to who I learn it from.
